Toy torpedo.



J. BERG. TOY TORPEDO. APPLIGATION FILED JAN.17, 1910.

Patented Apr. 18, 1911.

R742 72% Zia UNITED STATES. ATEN FFIoE.

JOHN BERG, OF WEST PULLMAN, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO AIR .TORPEDO COMPANY,A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

TOY TORPED 0.

I Application filed January 17, 1910. Serial No. 538,405.

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that I, JOHN BERG, a citizen of the United States, residingat West Pullman, in the county (if-Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy. Torpedoes, of

which the following is a specification".

This invention relates to improvements in a device or toy of a typedesigned to pro-' duce, without the use of dangerous and'in juriousexplosives or chemicals, a loud, quick,

' and resonant report or sound, similar to that struction,.novelarrangement, and operation of the various parts thereof, as will be hereof a istol shot, or to the explosion of a torpe o, fire-cracker, and thellke, and 1t consists in certain'peculiarities of the coninafter morefully set forth and specifically claimed. v v

The principal object of the invention is to furnish .a'n absolutelyharmless, and 'perfectly safedetonatin'g device or toy, which shall besimpleandinexpensive in construction, strong,.durable and eflicient inoperation, and if desired, may have its handle equipped with a soundproducing instrument. I

A further object of the invention is to provide a detonating device ortoy, of the abovei .7 '30 named character, which shall'be of such constructionthat thereport or explosion will be..;produced pneumaticallyand without y creating sparks or flying fragments, which have heretoforeproven so injurious, danger.- ousand objectionable; Y

A still further object of the invention is to provide the device with areceptacle for holding a roll of paper ribbon to be used as theammunition. for the :instrument, from which receptacleor holder, thepaper ribbon or strip, may be readily withdrawn, and

placed in position for bursting.

use the same, I will now proceed to describe Other objects andadvantages of the invention will be disclosed in thesubjoineddescription and explanation.

In order to enable other skilled in the art to which my inventionpertains, to make and it, referring to the accompanying drawings,

in which' a Figure 1, is a perspective view partly in section of atoy'torpedo embodyingthe invention, showing the cap for closing one endof the receptacle for the roll of paper ribbon removed and illustratingthe spring holder or disk for the paper in its elevated position;

.Fig. 2, is a plan view of the complete device;

Fig. 3, is an enlarged perspective view of the receptacle for the rollof paper employed as ammunition for the toy; Fig. 4, 1s a crosssectionalview taken on line 44 of Fig. 3,

arrows; Fig. 5, is a perspective view partly in section of thehemispherical resilient body of the toy; Fig. 6, is a sectional view ofthe front part of the frame to which the resilient showing the parts forcreating the explosion 1n their operative positions.

Llke numerals of reference, refer to corbody is secured; and Fig. 7, isa longitudinal sectional view of a portion of the device respondingparts throughout the difierent views of the drawing. n

The reference numeral 10, designates the handle of the device, which maybe'of any suitable'size, form and material, but preferably of a size andshape to be conveniently grasped by the hand. This handle may be asuitable noise producing instrument, such as a whistle or horn, and inthe-drawing I have shown a horn provided with a mouthpiece 11, which mayhave suitable reeds (not shown) for producing the noise or sounddesired.

Secured to the front portion of the handle 10, and usually within thesame by means of solder or otherwise, are the extensions or arms 12',and 13, of the body supporting framel i, and the holder or disk 15 forthe paper respectively. Each of these arms or extensions is preferablyformed of spring or resilient material, and as is clearly shown in Figs.1, 6, and 7 of the drawing, the arm 12, is formed integrally with theframe 14:, which frame is annular in shape, that is, has a centralopening 16, and is formed angular in cross-section, and has anenlargement or widened portion 17, at the lower portion of its verticalflange 18, to'which the front part of the arm 12, is joined. Theenlarged portion 17 of the frame is provided with a slot 19, for thepurpose to be presently explained. Secured to the frame 14, is ahemispherical body 20, of rubber or other suitable resilient material,which material is of suitable thickness to cause the body to resume itshemispherical form after it has been compressed by being struck. Theupper portion of the body 20, is provided with an annular face havingupper and lower flanges 21, and 22,

v the frame, thus firmly securing said respectively to embrace thehorizontal portion of the frame 14, as is clearly shown in Figs. 1, and7, of the drawin By thus securing the body 20, to the frame 14, it isapparent that the upper flange 21, will lie closely on the upper surfaceof the frame 14,

while the lower flange 22,'will lie closely against the lower surface ofthe'horizontal part of the frame, and the walls of the body will contactwith the vertical flange "18, of parts together and in such a mannerthat a slightly resilient covering for the frame will be presented tothe strip or piece of paper which is used to close the opening in thebody and strip used for closing the opening in the body of the deviceand for creating an explosion. This receptacle is provided with a slot25, which is open at one of its ends as shown in Fig. 3, to permit thestrip, of paper to, be readily inserted in said slot, and each of theends of the receptacle 24, is closed by means of caps 26, one or both ofwhich may I be removable. The upper portion of the re- Lceptacle 24,- isprovided with a clip 27, which is extended across the arm 12,- and maybesoldered or otherwise secured there- I to. Whenin position on the arm12, it is apparent that the slot 25, in the receptacle 24, will belocated near the slot 19, in the enlarged portion 17, of the frame, sothat the strip of paper 28, may be passed up through said slots and thenforwardly over the opening in the body of the device, where it may besecurely and tightly held by means of the apertured disk or holder 15,through the instrumentality of the cap 26. Whenthe parts have thus beensecured in place, it is apparent that the opening 29', in the disk orholder 15, will be located directly over the piece of paper which isextended over the opening in the body and its frame,

, when'by striking the body 20, against an object, the air confinedtherein, will-be compressed until the pressure in the body causes thepaper to explode or burst, thereby producing a noise similar to a shotor explosion of a fire-cracker, or torpedo, or the like. After theexplosion has been produced, it is evident that the'body 20, will resumeits normal inflatedcondition.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters-Patent isl. A toy torpedo, consisting of a handle,

piece of paper in position ribbon.

an arm extended from said handle, an aperturedframe on the arm, a hollowresilient body secured to said, .frame, a-spring-supported apertured.holder; above the frame, means to secure the holder in position on ltured frame having a widened portion provided with a'slot and an armextended from said widened portion, the said frame being angular incross-section and integral with said widened portion and arm, a hollowresilient body having a peripheral groove in its upper portion toreceive a portion of the frame, a spring-supported apertured holderabove the rame, and means to :secure the holder in position on theframe.

cross-section and integral with said wi-.

dened portion and arm, a hollow resilient body having a peripheralgroove in its up. "per portion to receive a portion of the frame,'aspring-supported apertured holder above the frame, means to secure theholder in position 'on the frame, and a .paper ribbon or strip-holdingreceptacle mounted on the frame-supporting arm and provided with a slotfor the passage of the paper or 4. In a toy torpedo, the combinationwith an annular frame angular in cross-section, of a res ilient bodyhaving. a peripheral groove in its upper portion'to engage thehorizontal portion of said frame. 5. In a toy or noise producing deviceof the, character set forth, the combination with a bag supportingmember comprising an annular ring having a flange around the outerperiphery thereof, of a bag formed of resilient material, said baghaving its upper end engaging with the flange on said holding member andhaving an inwardly turned web. engaging with the ring portion of saidholding member, and means for securing said holdingmember and bagtogether.

6. In a noise producing device of the character set forth, thecombination of an the frame, and -a paper ribbon or stripannular ringhaving a flange. thereon, and

an air-compressing bag of resilient material,

vHaving one end engaging with the inner walls of said flange and havingan integrally formed web resting against one side of said ring, said webterminating in a central neck connecting with an outwardly extending webresting against the opposite side of said ring.

7. In a device of the character set forth, the

combination of a ring, and an a1r-co1npres wardlj extendin flange or webtenninating 1 0 sing member of resilient material having with an upwardy extending neck or tubuone end formed to engage with one side of larportion, said neck terminating at its the ring, the inner periphery ofsaid end upper end with an outwardly extending having a neck connectingwith an outwardly -'flange. extending flange resting upon the oppositeside of said ring. 1 a Witnesses! -8. A resilient bagfor'anoise-producing r CHAS. G. TIILMAN,

JoHN BERG.

device, having one end provided with an in- J. E. HANSEN.

